Cross-campus collaboration: A scientometric and network case study of publication activity across two campuses of a single institution

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-172

  Birnholtz, Jeremy ^a   Guha, Shion ^b   Gay, Geri ^a   Yuan, Y Connie ^a   Heller, Caren ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Social Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; joint authorship; scientometrics

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; COLLABORATION NETWORK; COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; CORNELL UNIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SCIENTOMETRICS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84871245795     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22807     Document Type: Article

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